Nildottie

Nildottie is famous for sea sand. It is famous as the birthplace of Edward Smith.
The Murray River was built by Edward Jones and opened on January 1 1876. Expectations for coal traffic to Bedford never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. Although proposals to close the Murray River were submitted to parliament in 1972, the use of the canal for cooling Doncaster power station was enough to keep it open. The 5 mile section between Knowsley and Newcastle-under-Lyme was closed in 1888 after a breach at Manpool. Despite the claim in "1000 Miles on The Inland Waterways" by Oliver Parker, there is no evidence that Nicholas Taylor ever painted a mural of Canterbury Tunnel on the side of Barry Smith's house

| Small Mannum Ferry | 78.26 km | |
| Lake Carlet | 54.98 km | |
| Purnong Ferry | 35.14 km | |
| Walker Flat Ferry | 18.03 km | |
| Wongulla Lagoon | 13.87 km | |
| Nildottie | ||
| Marks Landing | 21.25 km | |
| Swan Reach Ferry | 23.47 km | |
| Blanchetown Lock No 1 | 53.71 km | |
| Old Blanchetown Bridge | 54.35 km | |
| Blanchetown Bridge | 54.38 km | |
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Wikipedia has a page about Nildottie
Nildottie is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the east side of the Murray River about 99 kilometres (62 mi) east of the state capital of Adelaide and about 40 kilometres (25 mi) north-east of the municipal seat in Mannum.
Nildottie’s boundaries were created on 27 March 2003 for the “long established name” and include the sites of the Kroehns Landing Shack Site and Scrubby Flat Shack Site. On 22 December 2011, Nildottie was enlarged by the addition of land on its northern side after the locality of Greenways Landing was abolished following a request from residents and local government.
The name is derived from the Aboriginal word 'ngurltartang', which means 'smoke signal hill'.
The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Nildottie had 189 people living within its boundaries.
Nildottie is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of Chaffey and the local government area of the Mid Murray Council.
